Florence Holidays

Cheap Holidays to Florence -  Perfect for Couples                               

Even if you are not a culture vulture, Florence holidays evoke dreams of romance.  Florence’s architectural sex appeal is unusual for a place steeped in tiered fascades. Renaissance beauty will linger in the imagination after your city break is over, and you are back at your desk.

Florence Holidays -  Many Historical Attractions

Beauty to behold by Medici, Machiavelli, Michelangelo. Some academics say Florence was founded by Julius Caesar around 59 BC. Others swear the Etruscans first built it in 200 BC. World War 2 destroyed all the city’s bridges except for Ponte Vecchio. In 1966 a flood damaged important works of art. In 1993 a Mafia car bomb killed five people and wrecked part of the Uffizi Gallery. The less you first knew about Florence the more you have to look forward to now. Walk around piazzas, or the world’s largest cathedral Duomo & the frescoes.  Then tone your thighs and walk up the 414- step climb to the top to Campanile, and catch your breath at the view. Saunter around galleries and pinch yourself as you look at some of the most famous Renaissance paintings in the world for real, as opposed to a photo. Alternatively take a break from old-school culture to endulge in some modern culture, with plenty shopping and clubbing. 

Beatthebrochure says: Remember to pre book museum tickets to cut down the waiting on your cheap holidays to Florence.

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Flights to Florence – The first paved city in Europe

Florence, in Italy, has always been a go-ahead kind of place. Take flights to Florence and you’ll discover a city of 370,000 strong, the first ever in Europe to pave its streets back in 1339. In 1339 the Brits were grubbing around in the woods covered in blue face paint, and London was a hell hole. The good old Grand Duchy of Tuscany was the first man in Italy to outlaw capital punishment, way head of his time in 1786. And Florence Nightingale was named after the city. Flights to Florence deposit you in another world where gracious ancient buildings hold sway and culture permeates everything. Gorgeous. Florence has two airports although most scheduled and charter traffic head for Galileo Galilei airport just outside nearby Pisa. Peretola airport, outside Florence itself, is much smaller.

Florence Flights – Fly into Pisa

Book flights to Florence Pisa airport and you’ll find frequent fast trains into the city centre, taking just an hour. The airport’s on the coast, just half a mile or so from Pisa centre and about 80km from Florence. Take the train, bag a window seat and while away the hour getting a visual grip on the surrounding countryside and suburbs. You’ll be dropped off at Santa Maria Novella railway station in Florence centre. Or you can grab a cab or a local transfer bus.

If you’re approaching from Bologna airport or heading back that way, you’ll find efficient shuttle buses from Bologna railway station. We think the best thing about flights to Florence is the city’s museums and galleries. Try these on for size; the Uffizi, the Accademia, the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Museo di Santa Maria Novella, Museo di San Marco, Museo Archeologico, Museo Horne and Museo Bardine. That’s only about half of them.

Flights to Florence – Gay friendly and flamboyant

Masses of airlines run flights to Florence and it is easy to get to from all over the UK. Many visitors particularly enjoy the city’s laid back and tolerant feel. The place is jam packed with live music, theatres, performance, night clubs and a loads of excellent gay and lesbian venues. If you want to know more they’re very helpful down at the tourist office on the Via Cavour. Alternatively  track down a copy of the city’s monthly listings magazine, Firenze Spettacolo.

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Florence Attractions

Apart from the attractive Italians themselves, Galleria degli Uffizi has it. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Renaissance Art, by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation room.& Michelangelo. Other works by Giotto, Cimabue, Filippo Lipp, Fra Angelico, Paolo, Ucello, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Tintoretto, and Caravaggio.

Attractions in Florence

Look at the proportionately big hands of Michelangelo’s David in the Galleria dell’ Accademia. Ponte Vecchio was originally a street of butcher’s shops. Now it full of jewellry shops because the Medici ordered it should be, while they built a corridor through the bridge to link Palazzo Pitti with Pilazzo Vecchio. Delicious food is made at any price that suits a beatthebrochure traveler. For a quick bite try, I Fratelinni, just a small bar which rustles up panini in a flash.

Fancy a sit down? Trattoria Pane e Vino restaurant cooks the genuine old fashioned article, in hot  bowls of ribollita and grilled meats.

Air

The main airport for  Florence  is Pisa’s  Galileo Galilei airport.

The small city airport is called Amerigo Vespucci 5km north of Florence.

Train

Trains regularly to/from Pisa.  Bologna.

Also the Eurostar. To reach Venice change trains at Bologna.

Check departure times at the train information office in the station’s main foyer.

Bus

The Sita bus station leaves for Sienna hourly daily. Check routes and times

Scoppio del Carro. A cart full of fireworks explodes on Easter Sunday.

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino from April to June is a long running music festival.

Festa di San Giovanni. Florence’s patron saint is celebrated on 24 June with costumed soccer matches on Piazza Santa Croce